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Paper Ballots and Audits: The Bedrock of Secure Elections
Date: June 2025
Author: Verified Voting
Issue: Post-Election Audit
Publication Summary
Why should your state or jurisdiction adopt or improve your post-election audit practices?
A healthy democracy requires widespread trust in elections. In particular, people need to be sure that the official election outcomes match the will of the voters. Verified Voting provides advice and assistance to election officials around the country in conducting post-election audits, which provide transparent, affirmative evidence to voters that the results are accurate by using paper ballots and sound post-election audit practices.
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